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We will be using a digital textbook which I will make available here.

Course Overview

The general purpose of this course is to provide teachers-in-training with insight into lesson planning, task-sequencing and material design that will help young learners develop their language abilities. Some of the topics we will discus this semester are:

The features of good materials
Characteristics of young learners
Task sequencing and materials especially in terms of productive and receptive skill lesson planning frameworks
Appropriateness of grammar instruction with young learners
Active learning cycle
Student learning objectives

Lecture Notes

I will provide the lecture ppts as they become available.

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Grading Criteria

30% Class Participation and Attendance
20% Homework on Readings
25% Lesson Plan, Materials & Rationale 1
25% Lesson Plan, Materials & Rationale 2
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100% Total

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Expectations

Attendance/Participation
Attendance is mandatory: Participants who arrive to class 10 minutes or more after class begins will be considered late. Participants who are late 3 times will receive 1 absence. Any participant who misses 1/4 of all class meetings will receive an F. Mastery of the ideas and concepts of this course requires engagement and discussion. If you are not in class, you miss that opportunity to exchange ideas. Moreover, participation is also essential. Just coming to class is not enough. I expect all participants to be active in class discussion and lectures as well as to complete all oral and written assignments.

Homework on Readings
Each reading comes with guiding questions. Look over the questions before you read and then answer the questions after you read. Questions will be collected and assessed the week after they are assigned.

Lesson Plans & Materials 1 &2
These two assignments are critical to success in this course. Participants will be expected to write a student learning objective (SLO), design a lesson plan to achieve the SLO, and select, adapt, and/or supplement the materials that the Ss will need to complete the lesson successfully.

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Additional Resources

I will add a list of resources as the semester progresses

Tentative Semester Schedule

Week/Date	Readings	In class activities/Assignments
Week 1		Introduction of course and Life Map icebreaking activity
Week 2	Learner Differences (text)	Discussion/Lecture -processing Life Map activity - key terms
Week 3	Fadil's Defining learning objectives for ELT (text)	Discussion/Lecture - key terms continued - learner differences
Week 4	EIF (text)	Sample Lesson #1 w/ processing & Lecture: Intro to SLOs
Week 5		Workshop: Creating SLOs & Discussion/Lecture on lesson planning for productive skills
Week 6	Good Material (text)	Sample Lesson #2 w/ processing & Introduce Mid-Semester Project
Week 7	-Adapting Coursebooks - SARS (text)	Workshop: Applying SARS & creating materials for productive skill lessons
Week 8		Review of EIF & continuation of SARS and material creation
Week 9		Team Meeting & Conferencing: Check participant lesson plans and materials and give feedback
Week 10	Grellet's Developing Reading Skills (in class reading)	Lesson Plan & Materials 1 Due Read-on-Read Lesson, discussion/lecture on reading
Week 11	PDP framework material (text)	Discussion/lecture of PDP framework Workshop: Lesson planning and material development for receptive skill lessons
Week 12		Sample Lesson #3 w/ processing
Week 13		Sample Lesson #4 w/ processing
Week 14		Discussion/lecture of reading Workshop: Evaluating Materials
Week 15		Team Meeting & Conferencing: Check participant lesson plans and materials and give feedback
Week 16		Review: Key concepts Lesson Plan & Materials 2 Due Course Evaluation/Survey

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